英语词汇“sack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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sacksack1 /sæk/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYsack¹

Origin: Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos bag, sackcloth

1a large bag, usually made of paper, that you use for carrying food or other things that you have bought SYN bag: a sack of groceries a brown paper sack2a large bag made of strong rough cloth, that you use for storing or carrying flour, coal, vegetables, etc. SYN bag: a sack of potatoes3hit the sack spoken to go to bed4in the sack informal a phrase meaning in bed, used especially when you are talking about sexual activity that takes place in bed5an occasion in a football game when someone makes the quarterback fall down6the sack of something formal a situation in which an army goes through a place, destroying or stealing things and attacking people: the sack of Rome [Origin: Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos bag, sackcloth]

noun | verb

sacksack2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsack²

Origin: (1-2,4) 1900-2000 ➔ SACK¹ (3) 1500-1600 sack destruction of and stealing from a town (16-21 centuries), from French sac ( ➔ SAC), in the phrase mettre A sac put in the bag, from Italian mettere a sacco

VERB TABLE

sack

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sack
	he, she, it	sacks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sacked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sacked
	he, she, it	has sacked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sacked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sack
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sacked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sacking
	he, she, it	is sacking
	you, we, they	are sacking
Past	I, he, she, it	was sacking
	you, we, they	were sacking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sacking
	he, she, it	has been sacking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sacking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sacking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sacking

1to make the quarterback fall down in a football game2if an army sacks a place, they go through it destroying or stealing things and attacking people: The invaders sacked Delphi.3to force someone to leave his or her job SYN firesack out phrasal verb spoken to go to sleep: He sacked out on the sofa.